# Criminal Law (GCR)

## Title 5. Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances

### Subtitle 5. Prescriptions

#### Section 5-504

(a) Except when dispensed directly to an ultimate user by an authorized provider who is not a pharmacist, a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule III or Schedule IV that is a drug to which Sec. 21-220 of the Health - General Article applies may not be dispensed without a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription.

(b) Unless renewed by the authorized provider, the prescription may not be:

  (1) filled or refilled more than 6 months after the date of prescription; or

  (2) refilled more than five times.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)